Garment hanger



March 21, 1961 w, BOAL 2,975,573

GARMENT HANGER Filed March 9, 1959 INVENTOR Wa/fer 504 BY CA/QM ATTORNEY(Redbud Trail, RD. 2, Box 364A, Bert-ten Springs, Mich.)

Filed Mar. 9, 1959, Ser. No. 798,011

1 Claim. (Cl. 53-=-241) This invention relates to garment hangers andmore particularly to an aid device for covering garments or wearingapparel at home, stores, shops and while traveling with a bag-typecover.

This device makes it easy to remove a garment or add one or moregarments to the hanger and cover with same bag while bag is up out ofthe way. When the garments are ready to cover, it is merely necessary topull the bag down in place.

One important object of this invention is to provide a novel portablegarment hanger so that the user shall be able to remove the garment fromthe bag that is received from the cleaners without destroying the bag orcover.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel form of springactuated portable garment hanger and cover bag applying device.

A further object is to be able to hang the device on the top of any doorwithout hindering the operation of the door in any way and can bereadily used at any time and at any place.

These and other objects of the invention will be more manifest from thefollowing specification and drawings and more particularly set forth inthe claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional View in elevation of the garment hanger and bagapplying device;

Figure 2 is a front view of the apparatus shown in Figure 1, andillustrating two positions of the hanger operation;

Figure 3 is a modified sectional view of the spring device shown inFigure 1;

Figure 4 is a top plan fragmentary view of the device shown in Figure 3;and

Figure 5 includes front and elevation views of the web stop device.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a standard door within a house, hotel orbuilding. Referring to Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, a stem 2 is inserted intoa hole 16 in the casing 3 and is retained there by aspring 4 and awasher 5. This stem 2is, therefore, spring-loaded and the stem 2 may beadjusted to fit any size door or ledge or furniture,

such as the case may demand. The washer 5 has a given slot 18 in it toaccept the stem 2. and locate and/or guide the stem 2 within the casing3. After the stem 2 has been inserted into the casing 3, the spring 4'isthreaded onto the stem 2 and is followed by the washer 5, then bled andinstalled into the casing 3. The clip or end 9 is first fastened to thestrap 6 by the means of a rivet 8. The strap 6 is then pressed into slot18 which is in a base 7 of the casing 3 and then coiled and fitted intoa slot 17 of the casing 3. The first position shown in Figures 1, 2, 3and 4 is the position the strap 6 will occupy while not in use. Thesecond position shown in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 is the position the strapwill occupy while in use. In this position, a bag-type cover 10 isthreaded onto the strap 6 and held in place by the clip part of the end9.

After a bag-type cover 10 has been threaded over the.

strap 6, one or several garments can be hung on the end 9 by means ofhanger or hangers 11. After the desired number of garments are hangingon the end 9, the bagtype cover 10 may be released from the clip portionof the end 9 and the cover 10 pulled down over the garments.

Referring now to Figures 3 and 4, the cavity for the spring 4, stem 2and washer 5 has been rotated 45 and the casing 3 modified to accept theposition of said cavity. The parts are the same and the assembly is alsothe same as described beforehand with the exception of the end 14. It ismodified to suit this particular assembly and is to be used only asshown in Figures 3 and 4.

Referring now to Figure 5, it shows only a front plan view and a sideview of the end 14 used in Figures 3 and 4 with the rivet 8 in positionfor assembling the end 14 into the strap 6.

This device will be easy to transport and can be used for vacation orbusiness trips and is durable and easy to manufacture. It also can beeasily operated by either man, woman, or child.

The primary function of this device is to place a bagtype cover overgarments thus: first extract the strap from the case, thread it througha bag-type cover, hang the garment to be covered by inserting the hookedhangers through the eye at the end of the strap, pull the cover downover the garments, remove them from the eye on the strap and when thestrap is released, it will retract back into the case out of the way.

Having thus described a combination garment hanger and bag coveringdevice constructed in accordance with the present invention, variouschanges may be made therein without departing from the invention as setforth in the claim.

What is claimed is:

In a portable garment hanger device, the combination of a relativelysmall enclosed casing, yieldable means including a horizontally movablestem member, means for attaching the stem to said casing, means at theopposite extremity of the stern for freely attaching the casing to asupport, an axle mounted in the casing, a coil spring strap memberhaving one end secured to the axle and the other end' projecting fromthe casing and a garment hanger hook connected to the projecting end.

' References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTSDrisko Apr. 15, 1958

